Totem is an inexpensive drinking glass that you don't have to leave out to dry. Instead, you can just stack a bunch of them and they'll dry quickly, all on their own, in that position. »9/18/12 1:30pm 9/18/12 1:30pm

If you're spending time in the great outdoors and happen to be cooking over a wood fire, you can take a page from our ancestors and use wood ashes to clean your pots, pans, and dishes. Mixing wood ashes with fats and oils left in dirty cookware will make a very basic type of soap that works well in the field. »9/11/11 12:00pm 9/11/11 12:00pm